Tinkers End

The earliest reference to the name Tinkers End which we've found so far is from 1698. There is no sign of it on the 1599 map, but that doesn't necessarily mean it didn't already exist then. The only surviving 17th-century building is Tinkers End Cottage (3 Granborough Road). Another was replaced by The Boot (1 Granborough Road) in the 1830s. The lane leading from Granborough Road towards The Walk known as Short (or occasionally Short's) Lane had a brickyard, and a number of houses on the site now occupied by 7 Granborough Road. On the west side of Granborough Road, Prince Albert Row or Albert Place (30-36 Granborough Road) was built in 1840, and there were other houses on the sites occupied by numbers 24-30A, with a "tin tabernacle" where the entry to Chiltern Court is now. The Baptists also took over a cottage to hold services in, c.1879. Granborough Road itself was usually known as Claydon Road.

Tinkers End underwent drastic population growth in the mid-19th century. This seems to have been achieved mainly by subdividing existing houses, leading to very poor living conditions. 6% of Winslow's population lived there in 1851 and 7% in 1871. Thomas Lomath (d.1858) was a significant landlord, and built and subdivided houses. The inhabitants were nearly all low-paid agricultural workers, many from the same families for several generations (e.g. Holt, Saving, Turney). Tinkers End was seen by some of the respectable residents of Winslow (who actually owned the slum properties) as an outpost full of infectious diseases which needed its own mission church. The creation of the Rural District Council with its Sanitary Inspector led to the gradual demolition of the worst housing; there were 25 households in 1871, 13 in 1911 and 9 in 1939.

The information below has been divided into sections. Please click on the links to go directly to them.

• Tinkers End: general history
• Census returns
• The Boot
• Tinkers End Cottage
• Short Lane
• Prince Albert Row
• West side of Granborough Road

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Tinkers End: general history

The 1770 Jefferys (left) and 1825 Bryant maps showing Tinkers End; details of individual houses are probably not reliable

1825: Northampton Mercury, 12 Feb
Coroner's inquest. At Tinker's End, in the parish of Winslow, on view of the body of Ruth, wife of John Walker, labourer, who, being left alone for a short time in the evening, fell into the fire ... Verdict -- Accidental Death.

1848: Banbury Guardian, 3 Aug
ASSAULT BY IRISH LABOURERS.
On Sunday evening, the 23rd of July, a number of Irish labourers created a considerable disturbance, and violently assaulted several of the inhabitants, who reside in a suburban part of town called “Tinker’s End”. They at first inquired of a lodging house to be accommodated for the night, but being refused, urged their demands at the neighbouring cottages, the inmates of which were indisposed to admit them ... A quiet and inoffensive tailor whose residence was hard by [?John Craker, in 1851 Census], on hearing the tumult, sallied forth from his domicile to ascertain the cause of such unearthly sounds upon the evening of a day [Sunday] that is remarkable in Winslow for order and decorum. Scarcely had he reached the scene of the disorder, and without uttering a word of provocation, when one of these Celtic ruffians raised his ponderous shelalah and with a violent blow brought this knight of the thimble to the ground, while others of his neighbours received a full share of bruises and black eyes from these turbulent assailants. The following day they were taken before the Magistrate and fined in various sums ...

1862: Oxford Chronicle, 25 Jan
On Monday, the 20th inst., an inquest was held at the Boot public-house, in Tinker's End, before F. Budd, Esq., deputy coroner, on the body of Elizabeth Ann Foskett, aged five years, who was burnt to death on the Saturday previous. It appeared in evidence that the deceased and another child were left in the house together whilst the mother (who had nothing in the house for dinner) went to Mrs. Stairs' to borrow some bread, and when there the little boy rushed in and told her that Lizzey was on fire; she ran home as quickly as possible, but the child had everything burnt off by the time she arrived, and died almost immediately afterwards. Verdict -- "Accidental death."

1865: Buckingham Advertiser, 20 May
In Dr. Hunter's recent report the following remarks occur:- "At Tinker's End, near Winslow, in Buckinghamshire, I saw a bedroom in which slept four adults with five children, and which measured 11 feet by 9 by 6 feet 5 inches at the highest point; another was 11 feet 7 by 9 by 5 feet 10, and contained six persons. Each of these families had less than the allowance necessary to one single convict. No houses had more than one bed room, none had any back door; water was very scarce; the rents from 1s. up to 2s. In 16 houses visited, only one man could be heard of who could earn above 10s. a week. The reservoir of air alloted to each person in the case mentioned may be described as about equal to his being shut up all night in a box four feet cube; but of course the miserable old huts were well provided with unintentional ventilation."

1879: Oxford Journal, 18 May
On Saturday, May 10, at the Plough Inn, Winslow, before R. D'Ath, Esq., Coroner, an inquest was held on view of the body of Harry Saving, aged three years, son of Harry Saving, farm labourer, who was drowned in a pond in Tinker's End, on the previous evening. From the evidence of the father it seems deceased went out to play at "tip-cat" just as the mother started on some errands. The child said, "I am going to auntie's", the aunt living just opposite the pond. -- Charles Walker said he was driving into Winslow from North Marston when he saw something in the pond ... Samson Smith, an uncle of the child (also called as a witness), ran out of his house and got the child out of the water immediately ... The pond was fenced round, as other children had previously fallen in ... Verdict: "Accidentally drowned".

1879: Bucks Herald, 22 Nov
THE BAPTIST TABERNACLE.--A public meeting to celebtrate the first anniversary of the settlement of the Rev. F.J. Feltham as pastor of this place of worship was held on Tuesday evening ... Mission Rooms had been opened at Tinker's End and Singleborough ...

Tinkers End shown on the 1880 25 inch to the mile map (names in blue added)

1888: Buckingham Advertiser, 29 Sep
... At 10 o'clock the [Salvation Army] soldiers met at the Barracks, and with the band to the front marched to Tinker's End, where a meeting was held for about half-an-hour, during which time the Capt. and Lieut. farewelled, the Capt. remarking that Tinker's End would always have a warm place in her heart.

1889: Buckingham Advertiser, 13 Nov
A case of typhoid fever was reported [to the Board of Guardians] in Tinker's End at Winslow, and the inhabitants of of some of the dwelling there were described as living more like pigs than human beings. It is true that in some instances the dwellings of the poor are in a delapidated [sic] state; but it is equally true that some of the inmates are far from clean, and thereby largely add to the insanitary state of the places.

1897: Bucks Herald, 6 March
The Medical Officer (Dr. T.F. Vaisey) reported as the result of a visit to Tinker's End that all the cottages previously complained of were old, but the tenants said they could not pay any higher rents. There were three empty cottages in the district.

1909: Buckingham Advertiser, 11 Dec
Winslow Rural District Council. Mr Wise reported a case of overcrowding in a cottage occupied by Henry G. Walker, Tinker's End, Winslow. The father, mother, and daughter (aged 18) and son (aged 16), and a baby (aged 2 years), all slept in one small bedroom. The daughter was going out to service. The members said it was a very bad case, but they could not deal with the moral side of the question.
Mr Wise reported another case of overcrowding at Tinker's End in a cottage occupied by Thomas Saving. The father, mother, and four little children, all under 5 years of age, slept in one small bedroom. In this case there was another small room which could be made into a bedroom.

1930: Buckingham Advertiser, 3 May
Antiquarian Notes by A.J. Clear, re May Day over 60 years ago
Then I think Tinker's End Feast was held on that day for all the sweeps and the bakers used to parade the town in the morning with their Jack-in-the-Green and Dicky Loveridge dressed up as a woman, their fiddler and old Mrs. Smith carrying the money box, and then at night, Tinker's End wasn't half lively.

1935: Buckingham Advertiser, 31 Aug
The spectacle of a large Greenham giant navvy at work on the road widening operations at Tinker's End, Winslow, has created some interest.

1936: Buckingham Advertiser, 22 Aug
Winslow Rural District Council. Mr Monk said that they wanted more houses in Winslow and the Chairman agreed observing that they had ground there and they might as well build on it. ... The Sanitary Inspector [re overcrowding] had in mind an old cottage at Shipton and two at Tinkers End. Mr Monk: I understood they were all condemned at Tinkers End.

Google Earth view of Tinkers End showing Prince Albert Row (left) and the former Boot (furthest white building). Below, you can see Tinkers End and Granborough Road on the 1880 and 1978 Ordnance Survey maps. Only Prince Albert Row, The Boot and Tinkers End Cottage (the last two much altered) are on both maps.

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Census returns

Names and occupations of heads of household are listed. The road names used by the enumerators are shown in bold. Sometimes the enumerator started from The Walk, sometimes from Tuckey Farm and sometimes from Western Lane, so the houses are in a different order each time. In 1891 and 1901 the number of rooms in each house was listed if fewer than 5; in 1911 it was listed for all houses.

1841	1851	1861
District 2: Albert Place	Tinkers End [the list starts on the west side of Granborough Road, presumably at the north end]	Claydon Road [the list starts on the west side of Granborough Road at the north end]
Thomas Seaton, agricultural labourer	James North, agricultural labourer	1 unoccupied
Benjamin Bates, agricultural labourer	John Reading, agricultural labourer	William Fortnum, tailor
George Clark, agricultural labourer	John Roads, agricultural labourer	George Smith, agricultural labourer
Thomas Radwill, agricultural labourer	Thomas Newman, agricultural labourer	George Holt, agricultural labourer
Charlotte Lucket	George Clark, brazier	Philip Walker, agricultural labourer
Tinkers End [west of Granborough Road]	Philip Budd, agricultural labourer	Thomas Seaton, agricultural labourer
Thomas Scott, agricultural labourer	Henry Newman, agricultural labourer	George Phillips, baker
Joseph Evans, agricultural labourer	John Craker, tailor	Edward Jackman, blacksmith [Prince Albert Row; see 1871]
Richard Willmore, agricultural labourer	William Grubb, rail labourer	Thomas Weston, agricultural labourer
Charles Walker, agricultural labourer	Richard Seaton, agricultural labourer	1 unoccupied
John Beddell, agricultural labourer	Thomas Seaton, agricultural labourer	George Seaton, agricultural labourer
William Higgins, agricultural labourer	Hannah Pickett, outdoor pauper	Philip Budd, railway labourer
George Alderman, agricultural labourer	Thomas Cox, agricultural labourer [Short Lane; see will of John Cox below]	Frederick Verney, blacksmith
District 3 [the first 4 are Short Lane, the next 2 Tinkers End Cottage]: Tinkers End	Jane Sharp, pauper	1 unoccupied
William Bates sr, tanner	James Verney, blacksmith	Thomas Cox, agricultural labourer [Short Lane]
Daniel Holt, agricultural labourer	David Smith, agricultural labourer	John Reddin, agricultural labourer
George Holt, agricultural labourer	Robert Verney, agricultural labourer	George Stairs, agricultural labourer
George Walker, agricultural labourer	William Verney, agricultural labourer	Bishop Norman, agricultural labourer
William Keys, cordwainer	John Elliott, agricultural labourer	John Elliott, agricultural labourer
George Redding, agricultural labourer	William Warr, agricultural labourer [Tinkers End Cottage]	William Saving, agricultural labourer
The Boot: James Tuckey, 60, publican + wife Sarah, 45 + 2 lodgers	John Westley, agricultural labourer	James Chapman, brickmaker
	The Boot: Samuel Rowe, victualler, 36, b. Stewkley + wife Elizabeth, 30, b. Winslow + 17 lodgers	William Warr, carpenter [Tinkers End Cottage]
	Catharine Smith, lacemaker	John Weseley, agricultural labourer
	George Reading, agricultural labourer	George Reddin, agricultural labourer
		The Boot: Samuel Rowe, victualler, 43, b. Stewkley + wife Elizabeth, 60 [sic], b. Winslow + 6 lodgers
Total population: 75	Total population: 110	Total population: 95
1871	1881	1891
Tinkers End [the first 8 seem to be in Short Lane, the other 7 on the west side of the road, starting at the north end]:	Tinkers End [the first 7 seem to be in Short Lane; the next 6 include Prince Albert Row]:	Tinkers End
William Miller, brickmaker	George White, agricultural labourer	Common Lodging House [Boot; counted as 2 houses]: Thomas King, 61, innkeeper, b. Great Horwood + wife & family + 14 lodgers
Emma Warner, laundress	Alfred Viccars, agricultural labourer	John Wesley, thatcher, 4 rooms [Tinkers End Cottage]
George Alderman, hay binder	William Turney, general labourer	William Turner, blind, 4 rooms
William Turney, agricultural labourer	Joseph Turney, agricultural labourer	William Miller, brickmaker, 4 rooms [Short Lane]
Joseph Turney, agricultural labourer	1 gone to London	John Jonson, railway pensioner, 2 rooms
Mary A. Hancock, needlewoman	William Painter, brickmaker	George White, agricultural labourer, 2 rooms
William Archer, agricultural labourer	William Miller, brickmaker	Joseph Turney, general labourer, 4 rooms
Thomas Cox, labourer	Henry Saving, chimney sweep	Henry Smith, agricultural labourer, 3 rooms
William Smith, agricultural labourer	George Holt, general labourer	Edmund Jennings, army pensioner, 2 rooms
William Fortnum, tailor	William Saving, agricultural labourer	George Holt, agricultural labourer, 4 rooms [west side of road]
George Smith, agricultural labourer	William Holt, agricultural labourer	1 unoccupied
George Holt, hawker (licensed)	Jabez Cook, bootmaker	William Saving, agricultural labourer, 4 rooms
Samson Smith, umbrella mender	Thomas Newman, agricultural labourer	William Holt, agricultural labourer, 3 rooms
Thomas Seaton, agricultural labourer	William Turner, blind [Tinkers End Cottage]	George Warner, letter carrier, 4 rooms
Joseph Saving, chimney sweep	John Wesley, general labourer	Henry Saving, chimney sweep, 4 rooms [Prince Albert Row]
Albert Place:	Boot Inn Common Lodging House: John Powell, 34, innkeeper, b. Herefs + wife + 7 children + 6 lodgers (5 labelled "tramps")	1 unoccupied
Edward Jackman, blacksmith		Jabez Cook, shoemaker, 4 rooms
James Field, rural postman		Joseph Warner, agricultural labourer, 4 rooms
William Foskett, agricultural labourer
Henry Holt, agricultural labourer
William Saving, agricultural labourer
Bishop Norman, agricultural labourer
Tinkers End [Tinkers End Cottage]:
William Warr, agricultural labourer
John Wesley, agricultural labourer
William Archer, agricultural labourer
Boot Public House, Lodging House: Arthur Jeffs, 58, publican, b. Watlington + wife Martha, 49, b. Oxford, + son + 16 lodgers
Total population: 129
1901	1911	1921
Tinkers End [west side, starting at Prince Albert Row]:	Tinkers End [west side, last 4 are Prince Albert Row]	Boot Inn: Frederick Crisp, 59, licensed victualler & painter out of work, b. Crewe + wife, son, 6 boarders/lodgers
1 unoccupied	Tom Saving, general labourer, 3 rooms	Tinkers End
Jabez Cook, shoemaker, 4 rooms	Elizabeth Saving, 3 rooms	Thomas William Turner, general farm labourer for Captain Lambton, 4 rooms
John Saving, cattleman on farm, 4 rooms	John Saving, farm labourer, 4 rooms [gave his address as Claydon Road]	Elizabeth Bonfield, general domestic servant (retired), 2 rooms
William Holt, ordinary agricultural labourer, 4 rooms	Thomas Anderson, hawker, 4 rooms	Sarah Grace, general domestic servant (retired), 2 rooms
Amos Phillips, ordinary agricultural labourer, 4 rooms	Elijah Phillips, farm labourer, 4 rooms [gave his address as Claydon Road]	Jabez Price, butcher & pig dealer, 4 rooms
William Saving, cattleman on farm, 4 rooms	Jabez Cook, bootmaker, 4 rooms	Thomas Turney, farm labourer (retired), 5 rooms
George Holt, carter on farm, 4 rooms	Tinkers End [east side]:	John Saving, farm labourer for J. Colgrove, 4 rooms
Short Lane:	Thomas Turney, farm labourer, 5 rooms	Elijah Phillips, farm labourer for Mr Stock, 4 rooms
Thomas Turney, ordinary agricultural labourer	Ernest Dillon, dealer in marine stores, Short Lane, 2 rooms	George French, hawker (marine stores dealer), 4 rooms
1 unoccupied	William Turney, jobbing gardener, Short Lane, 2 rooms	Marie Young, cook at Bell Hotel, 4 rooms
George White, ordinary agricultual labourer, 2 rooms	Kate Jennings, 2 rooms	Catherine Curtis, housekeeper, 4 rooms
John Grace, bricklayer (retired), 3 rooms	Thomas Turner, farm labourer, 4 rooms [Tinkers End Cottage]
William Turney, general labourer, 2 rooms	Jabez Price, dealer in stock, 4 rooms
Ann Stairs, washerwoman, 3 rooms	Boot Inn: Frederick James Crisp, 40, licensed victualler, b. Crewe + family + 1 servant + 3 boarders + 3 visitors, 10 rooms
Catherine Jennings, 3 rooms
Tinkers End [Tinkers End Cottage]:
William Turner, blind, 4 rooms
Jabez Price, dealer in cattle, 4 rooms
Boot Inn: Charles Langley, 30, innkeeper, b. Old Stratford + family + 1 boarder + 3 visitors
1939: Hillier's Almanack
Tinker's End
Boot Inn: Burgin, A.J.
5 Averay, O.G.
6 Saving, J. [6. 8, 10 & 12 = Prince Albert Row; there were no other houses left on the west side of the road]
8 Phillips, E.
9 [blank]
10 Willmore, M.A.
11 Welsh, Jas.
12 Matthews, T.
13 [blank]

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Tinkers End Cottage

The very early (1698) reference to Tinkers End seems to concern what is now Tinkers End Cottage, which enables its ownership to be traced in some earlier court rolls.

1641: Manor Court, 6 Oct
Thomas Lee gent. and Katherine his wife surrendered a cottage in Winslow and pightle adjoining it with hades, now in the tenure of John Yates and Edward Bott [=Budd]. To the use of Peter Fige jr gent. Fine 5s.

1642: Manor Court, 11 Oct
Peter Fige jr gent. and Martha his wife surrendered a cottage in Winslow in the occupation of Edward Budd and John Yates with hades. To the use of John Hobcroft and Katherine his wife and John's heirs. Rent 2d, fine 5s.

1663: Manor Court, 19 Oct
Thomas Pease surrendered a cottage. To the use of John Hobcroft on condition that the surrender will be void if Thomas pays him 14s 4d on 29 Sep 1664 and 1665 and £12 14s 4d on 29 Sep 1666. Rent 2d, fine 5s.
John Hobcroft surrendered a cottage with The Backside to the use of Thomas Pease. Rent 2d, fine 5s.

1669: Manor Court, 2 Oct
Thomas Pease and Elizabeth his wife surrendered a messuage in Winslowe with all buildings, yard(s?) [penetral'], orchards and gardens. To their own use for their lives, then to the use of Thomas Kinge son of Walter Kinge of Middle Claydon farmer. Rent 2d, fine 5s, heriot 5s.

1684: Manor Court, 17 Oct
Henry King, who held a messuage in Winslow in reversion after the deaths of Thomas Pease and Elizabeth his wife, died since the last court. Henry King his son and next heir sought admission. Rent [blank], fine 5s, fealty respited.

1698: Manor Court, 25 April
Henry King and Joan King widow surrendered a cottage now in the occupation of William Fennimore scituate in Tinkers End, the common street west, with yards, outhouses and orchards. To the use of Samuel Wilston and Dyonisia his wife ...

1706: Manor Court, 21 June
Samuel Willstone surrendered his domicile in Winslowe with orchard adjoining. To the use of Daniel Gyles, on condition to be void if Samuel pays him £10 6s on 20 Dec next at Daniel's domicile.

1709: Manor Court, 9 May
Samuel Wilston surrendered part of a bay of structure in Tinkers End in the occupation of Thomas Goodier with the way or passage on the west side of the bay (reserving always to William Gibbs free passage over and through the said passage). To the use of Thomas Blake gent., Richard Bigg gent., John Henley and Augustine Seaton on special trust that they permit the vicar and churchwardens and overseers of Winslow to expend and disburse the rent and revenue of the premisses for the use and benefit of the poor inhabitants of the parish of Winslowe in perpetuity.

1710: Manor Court [this might be a different property]
Samuel Willson on 22 Aug surrendered all his standing and right in a cottage in Winslowe where he now lives, with orchard. To the use of Robert Eden of Winslow, carpenter. On condition to be void if Samuel pays him £5 2s 6d on 3 Feb next at Robert's domicile in Winslowe.

1714: Manor Court
Samuel Wilston and Daniel Gyles surrendered a domicile in Winslow with orchard adjoining in which Samuel Wilston and Thomas Goodger now live. To the use of John Stevens and Jane his wife, who sought admission. Rent 2s, fine 5s, heriot by composition 2s 4d.

1726: Will of John Stevens
I Give ... unto my brother Thomas Stevens during the Terme of his naturall Life for his own use the Roome or Chamber wherein I now Lye belonging to the Messuage or Tenement which I purchased of Samuel Wilstone and Also Liberty of Ingress Egress and regresse Way and passage to and from the same through my yard and the Door way and Stair Case that leads to the said Chamber \and opens into my Yard and also the use of one of my flock bedds which are now in the Chamber/ Over the Hall and the Bedstead and other the furniture belonging to that Bedd for the terme of his naturall life and my Will is that after his death the said Roome and Goods shall goe to William Stevens my Sonn and I Doe Give & Bequeath the same to him accordingly Item I Give Will Devise and Bequeath unto the said William Stevens my Sonn and his Heires forever All that my Messuage or Tenement wherein I now dwell which I purchased of Samuel Wilston and the Outhouses Backsides and Appurtenances thereto belonging (Except that part thereof which I have herein before bequeathed unto Thomas Stevens my Brother) ...

1724: Manor Court, 1 May
William Gibbs out of court on 25 March last surrendered a cottage in Tinkers End in Winslowe now in the occupation of himself or his subtenants, containing 2 bays of structure, with barn, yard, orchard and backyard. To William's use for his life, then to John Gibbs and Ann his wife in perpetuity.
John Gibbs and Ann his wife, customary tenants, surrendered their reversion expectant on the death of John's father William Gibbs ... To the use of William Shelton, Richard Gibbs and William Gibbs the churchwardens and Henry Stutsbury and William George the overseers of the poor of the parish of Winslowe and their successors. On condition that if John Gibbs or any "Child or Children" of his family will not at any time in future be chargeable to or receive relief from the inhabitants of the parish of Winslowe, then the surrender will be void ...
[At the Michaelmas 1724 Quarter Sessions, John Gibbs was in trouble "for running away and leaving his family to become chargeable to the parish". Later he was "discharged on giving security", which must refer to this transaction.]

In 1837, among the cottages put up for sale by the Winslow Guardians were two thatched cottages in "Claydon Lane" in the occupation of John Reading and John Dumbleton. One must have been the property donated by Samuel Wilston in 1709 (perhaps as part of an agreement with the overseers), and the other could be John Gibbs' cottage. The unusual arrangement made by the churchwardens and overseers in 1724 could be due to their already owning part of the building.

The census returns above show that the building which is now Tinkers End Cottage formed two cottages with four rooms each (one of which was sometimes divided into two itself). It was among the cottages which Thomas Lomath owned (see below), sold with The Boot in 1869.

1870: manor court
Surrender: William Matthews of Winslow builder & William Henry Lomath of Winslow bootmaker on 23 Feb
Admission: Silvanus Jones of W cattle dealer
Consideration: £60
Piece of ground in Tinkers End formerly in occupation of Joshua Lewin French containing on W side 65 feet, on S side 18 feet, on E side 73 feet, on N side 34 feet, on part whereof a cottage in occupation of Thomas Kingston & Stephen Cook respectively lately stood, since pulled down by JLF
+ 2 cottages, one lately occupied by John Luckett, other unoccupied
+ stable lately occupied by James Tuckey, lately erected by Thomas Lomath on said piece of ground.
Cottages & stable lately in occupation of William Warr, John Wesley & Samuel Rowe; now William Warr, John Wesley & Arthur Henry Jeffs
WM & WHL admitted 1869 upon trusts in will of Thomas Lomath.
Rent 2d, fine 5s.

1914: Assessment (TNA IR58/2350 no.470)
[red] V9467      } S Jones decd
        CV12608 }  6.10.14
Situation                                  Tinkers End      
Description                               House
Gross Value: Buildings    £3 - 10   Rateable Value: Buildings             £2 - 15
Occupier                                   Jabez Price
Owner                                      Silvanus Jones Horn St Winslow
Interest of Owner                     Copyhold of Manor of Winslow
Occupier’s tenancy Term           Week
Actual (or Estimated) Rent        £ as much as I can get
Who pays (a) Rates and Taxes (b) Insurance         (a)   T     (b)  L
Who is liable for repairs                 L                    
[stamps] SEP 30 1914     29 JAN 1915
Particulars, description and note made on inspection
Brick & Slate Cottage
2 up & 2 down
Small coal barn & W.C.  [red] 12 poles
Valuation – Market Value of Fee Simple in possession of whole property in its present condition   £56
Deduct Market Value of Site under similar circumstances, but if divested of structures, timber, fruit trees, and other things growing on the land     £8
Difference Balance, being portion of market value attributable to structures, timber &c.      £48
Divided as follows:-
Buildings and Structures                £48
Market Value of Fee Simple in its present condition (as before)                                                     £56
GROSS VALUE                                                                                                                             £56
Less value attributable to Structures, timber &c. (as before)                                                           £48
FULL SITE VALUE                                                                                                                            £  8
Gross Value (as before)                                                                                                                   £56
Less deductions in respect of –
Fixed Charges including –
Fee Farm Rent, rent seek, quit rent, chief rents, rent of Assize  £1
If Copyhold, Estimated Cost of Enfranchisement                                 £5
Restrictions                                                                                                                                    £  6
TOTAL VALUE                                                                                                                                 £56 
Less value attributable to Structures, timber &c. (as before)           £48
Expense of clearing site                                                                                                                £48
ASSESSABLE SITE VALUE                                                                                                                 £  2

no.471
Situation                                  Tinkers End      
Description                               House
Gross Value: Buildings    £3 - 10   Rateable Value: Buildings             £2 - 10
Occupier                                   Ann Turner
Owner                                      Silvanus Jones Horn St Winslow
Interest of Owner                     Copyhold of Manor of Winslow
Occupier’s tenancy Term           Week
Actual (or Estimated) Rent        £ I shall not divulge
Who pays (a) Rates and Taxes (b) Insurance         (a)   L     (b)  L
Who is liable for repairs                 L                    
[stamp] SEP 30 1914
Particulars, description and note made on inspection
Brick & Slate house
2 up & 2 down  coal barn W.C.
& Wood & Corrugated iron barn & garden 166 yards
Valuation – Market Value of Fee Simple in possession of whole property in its present condition     [red] With 470 Amended            [other figures deleted] 

1915: Buckingham Advertiser, 11 Dec
Sale of property of the late Mr Silvanus Jones. Lot 2. Two copyhold cottages at Tinkers' End were sold to Mr. John Watts for £50.
[Described in adverts as "Brick and slated Cottages in the occupation of Mr. Jabez Price and Mr. Thomas Turner"; click here for full particulars]

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The Boot

The property which became The Boot was the house of Samuel Miller in 1700 (but can be tentatively traced back further). It passed to his son, granddaughter, then a younger son.

1652: Manor court, 26 June
Raph Udden heretofore did surrender the moity of one Cottage in Winslowe  To the use of Jane Udden his wife for terme of her life and after \her decease/ to the use of Elizabeth Symes ...

1666: Manor court, 18 May
Ralph Noone, customary tenant, and Susanna his wife surrendered half a messuage in Winslow. To the use of Samuel Miller and Mary his wife. Rent 2d, fine 5s.
Elizabeth Tymes widow surrendered and remised to Ralph Noone all title and interest which she had in a messuage in Winslow late Ralph Udden's.
[Ralph Noone's messuage, presumably the other half of this one, was left to his widow and then his 4 daughters in 1687. It isn't clear if the Millers acquired it too.]

1700: Manor Court, 16 April
On 10 June last Samuel Miller sr surrendered ... the messuage in which he then lived, to the use of Hugh Miller his son ...

1705: Manor Court, 25 May
Mildred Miller, an infant of 5 years, sought admission to a messuage in Winslowe which came into the lord's hands on the death of Hugh Miller her father ...

1726: Manor Court, 20 April
Nicholas Tanner of St Olaves Southwark, Tayler and Mildred his wife, customary tenants, out of court on 27 Oct last surrendered a cottage in Tinkers End in Winslowe now or lately in the occupation of Samuel Miller with all backyards and yards. To the use of Henry Miller of Winslowe Lab(oure)r and Elizabeth his wife ...

Henry Miller's children divided the house between them: the north part went to Mary, wife of Joseph Bliss, and the south part to Samuel Miller:

1733: Manor Court, 22 Oct
Samuel Miller & Hugh Miller desired to be admitted Tenants to a Mesuage in Tinkers End in Winslowe late in the occupation of Elizabeth Miller widdow (their late Mother deceased) which came into the hands of the Lord upon the death & surrender to the use of the last Will of the said Elizabeth ... [quotes will] ... Afterwards Samuel & Hugh Miller surrendered the said Mesuage to the Uses hereinafter mencioned: the South End conteyning a Lower Roome and a Chamber over the same and also that part of the Yard which is now staked out & laid to the said South End to the use of the said Samuel Miller. The other part of the said Mesuage being the North End consisting of a lower Roome & Chamber over the same and also the Outhouse and that part of the Yard which is now staked out and laid to the said North End to the use of Joseph Bliss & Mary his Wife.

The north part was sold by the son of Joseph and Mary Bliss to the Higgins family

1776: Manor Court, 4 Oct
Joseph Bliss late of Winslow labourer and Mary his wife while they lived held the north end of a messuage in Tinkers End consisting of a Lower Room and Chamber over the same and also the Outhouse and part of the yard staked out.  They died so seized and Thomas Bliss of Winslow labourer is their only son and heir.  He was admitted tenant. He then surrendered to Nicholas Higgins and Elizabeth his wife [nee Goodman].  Elizabeth present in court was admitted tenant.

1780: Manor Court, 26 Oct
Thomas Bliss of Winslow Labourer at a court on 4 Oct 1776 surrendered the north end of a messuage in Tinkers End consisting of a Lower Room and Chamber over the same and also the Outhouse and part of the yard staked out.  To the use of Nicholas Higgins of Winslow Labourer & Elizabeth his wife.  Elizabeth is since dead.  Now Nicholas desires to be admitted.  Rent [blank], fine [blank]

In 1800, Captain Thomas Fremantle, who had recently purchased a house at Swanbourne, wrote to the Marquess of Buckingham (quoted in E.J. Hounslow, Nelson's Right Hand Man (2016), p.117):

Before I left Swanbourne I endeavoured to get some boys from thence, Winslow and Mursley, to go with me to Portsmouth, and though I talked to the overseers of the parishes, and the boys themselves, particularly two from Winslow, who came to me for relief, the sons of a man of the name (I believe) of Higgins, whom you discharged at my request from the militia; still I could not persuade any of them to go, nor did any of the overseers dare to urge them on the subject.

1815: Manor Court, 30 Oct (Centre for Bucks Studies D/X/872/1)
Nicholas Higgins, late of Winslow Labourer, who while he lived held All that north end of a Messuage or Tenement in Tinkers end in the parish of Winslow aforesaid consisting of a Lower Room and Chamber over the same and also the outhouses and that part of the yard which was heretofore staked out and laid to the said north end … now in the tenure or occupation of William Higgins ... lately died so seized thereof and Intestate.  William Higgins of Winslow Labourer eldest Son and Heir .. desires … to be admitted Tenant.

1830: Manor Court, 25 Oct
Surrender: William Higgins of Winslow labourer
Admission: Thomas Lomath of Winslow cordwainer
Consideration: £10
Piece of ground in Tinkers End, part forming the scite of the north end of a messuage formerly consisting of a lower room and chamber over the same and outhouses lately pulled down; remainder used as a yard in occ of TL. WH admitted 1815 as eldest son and heir of Nicholas Higgins.  Rent 2d, fine 5s.

1830: Manor Court, 25 Oct
The homage jury or any three of them were ordered before 1 Dec to view the fence between the premises of Samuel Yeates and the premises late of William Higgins now of Thomas Lomath, to ascertain whether any encroachment has been made.

Both parts of the original property were bought by Thomas Lomath, cordwainer and constable of Winslow. The earliest photos of what became The Boot show a stable or trap-house and a large building with a slate roof (built in the 1830s to replace the Higgins dwelling), and two small cottages, one tiled and one thatched (see the 1927 document below), which must be the south part of the original messuage inherited by Samuel Miller in 1733 and subdivided further (see below).

Repairs to The Boot, c.1900

1830: Manor Court, 25 Oct (Centre for Bucks Studies D/X/872/2)
William Higgins of Winslow Labourer in consideration of the sum of £10 paid by Thomas Lomath of Winslow Cordwainer for the absolute Purchase surrendered All that Piece or Parcel of Ground situate and being in Tinkers End … part thereof forming the Scite of the North End of a Messuage or Tenement formerly consisting of a Lower Room and a Chamber over the same and certain Outhouses thereto belonging, which have been lately pulled down and the remainder of the said ground used as a Yard now in the occupation of the said Thomas Lomath …

Another property was also involved, and also came into the possession of Thomas Lomath:

1785: Manor Court, 28-29 Oct
Robert Eden of Bottle Claydon [see below] held a messuage in Tinkers End then or late in occupation of John Saving with the lower part of the garden and yard adjoining.  He bequeathed it after the decease of his wife to his daughter Elizabeth wife of Richard Scott.  Elizabeth is since dead.  Robert Scott is her eldest son and heir, and desires to be admitted.

1789: Manor Court, 29 Oct
Robert Scott of Winslow Cordwainer and Elizabeth his wife surrendered a Copyhold Messuage in Tinkers End heretofore in the Occupation of John Saving and now or late of Augustine Seaton, with the Garden and yard adjoining. To the use of Jasper Duckett of Banbury Pedlar, who desires to be admitted Tenant.

1832: Manor Court, 29 Oct
Jasper Duckett of Winslow Pedlar and Mary his wife in consideration of £20 paid by Thomas Lomath of Winslow Cordwainer surrendered a copyhold messuage in Tinkers End heretofore in the occupation of John Saving, late of Augustine Seaton, now of Jasper Duckett, with the yard and garden adjoining, to which Jasper Duckett was admitted on 28 Oct 1789. Rent 2d, fine 5s.

1838: Copy of court roll (Centre for Bucks Studies D/X/872/3)
On 23 March 1838 Thomas Lomath of Winslow Cordwainer a Customary Tenant and Mary his wife ... in consideration of the sum of £100 advanced by John Hobbs of Great Horwood Shepherd did out of court surrender:
All that piece or parcel of ground [as above, 1830] And all that the Messuage or Tenement and other buildings erected by the said Thomas Lomath upon part of the said piece or parcel of ground now in the occupation of James Tuckey used as a Beer Shop and called or Known by the name or sign of the Boot … And also all that copyhold Messuage or Tenement situate in Tinkers End … heretofore in the occupation of John Saving afterwards of Augustine Seaton since of Jasper Duckett and now of George Alderman and the yard and garden adjoining  And also all those two Messuages or Tenements and other buildings erected by the said Thomas Lomath upon part of the said yard and garden and now in the occupations of John Massey and Thomas Scott … To which copyhold Messuage or Tenement yard and garden the said Thomas Lomath was admitted Tenant at a General Court Baron held … on 29 October 1832 on the Surrender of the said Jasper Duckett and Mary his Wife
To the use and behoof of the said John Hobbs.  If Thomas Lomath pays £100 with interest at 5% on 23 September next, this Surrender to be void.

This Boot was first licensed in 1835, but there was another Boot in Winslow in the 1750s (evidently on a different site) and an even earlier one on the site of Winslow Hall. The pub name was common in the area because of the legend of Sir John Schorne of North Marston, but The Boot in Tinkers End was certainly not built for pilgrims. Instead it became a "common lodging house", often accommodating large numbers of people including locals as well as itinerant workers (see the Census returns).

1839: Bucks Herald, 23 March
THURSDAY, March 14 – Before Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.
Thomas Jones, George Briggs, and Henry Weller, were charged with uttering counterfeit coin at the parish of Padbury. Mr. Roberts appeared for Briggs. Mr. Maltby and Mr. Birch prosecuted.
Jane Collier examined. – I live at the King’s Head; recollect two of the prisoners coming to our house; they had two young women with them; they asked for beds;  they were the whole night and the next day.
The prisoners Jones and Weller were identified by several witnesses as being together at several places endeavouring to pass base coin.
Mrs. Tuckey of Winslow, who keeps a beer shop, identified the three prisoners as being together at her house endeavouring to pass base coin.
The Jury acquitted Briggs, and found Jones and Weller guilty.  Sentence – one year’s imprisonment each.

Briggs was again indicted for having three counterfeit shillings in his possession.
Thomas Lomath, constable of Winslow. – In consequence of information I received I went to the Boot beer shop;  I apprehended three persons;  I afterwards apprehended Briggs;  I found him at the public house;  I cannot say if he was there when I apprehended the others;  in consequence of information I received I went with Loveridge and took a bag out of the thatch;  I have had it in my possession ever since.
Cross-examined. – It was about three or four o’clock in the afternoon of the next day I made search;  Loveridge was in the beer house when Briggs was apprehended; I told Briggs what I came about; the Loveridges were in the house in the evening;  there were many persons in the room when I apprehended Briggs;  I took Weller and Jones on suspicion of passing base coin; Briggs met them, when Loveridge swore to seeing Briggs place some base coin in the thatch of Tuckey’s beer shop.
Verdict – Guilty.  Sentence – eighteen months’ hard labour.

1845: Bucks Gazette, 6 Sep
The license of the Boot, at Winslow, was transferred from James Tuckey to Thomas Lomath.

The south part of Samuel Miller's messuage developed into cottages eventually acquired by Thomas Lomath from the Yeates family:

1774: Special Court, 10 May
On 1 April William Jarvis of Winslow labourer & Martha his wife surrendered a messuage or cottage in Tinkers End then in their own occupation, and all estate and equity of redemption. To the use of Robert Eden of Winslow, cordwainer. Rent 3d, fine 5s.

1777: Manor Court [this could refer to a different property]
Ann Eden of Winslow widow & Robert Eden of Winslow Cordwainer on 15 Feb 1777 mortgaged for £30 to Alice Gascoigne of Little Horwood widow 2 messuages in Great Horn Street and 2 messuages in Tinkers End in the occupation of Mary [blank] widow & Francis Savage.

1779: Manor Court
On 27 July Joseph Robinson of Aylesbury Taylor & Elizabeth his wife surrendered a Cottage in Tinkers End in the occupation of John Evans and all Houses Outhouses Edifices Buildings Barns Stables Yards Backsides. To the use of William Turner of Winslow Lacebuyer. Rent 2d, fine 5s.

Centre for Bucks Studies MS Wills Pec 27/1/69: Will of Joseph Robinson of Aylesbury, tailor, made 28 Feb 1776, proved 19 April 1781. Leaves everything to his wife Elizabeth Robinson.

1785: Manor Court, 28 Oct
William Turner of Winslow Lace buyer and Elizabeth his wife surrender a Cottage in Tinkers End late in the tenure or occupation of John Evans and now of Thomas Budd. To the use of Robert Eden of Winslow Cordwainer who desires to be admitted Tenant. Rent [blank], fine [blank].

1789: Manor Court, 29 Oct
Robert Eden late of Winslow Cordwainer whilst he lived held by Copy of Court Roll a piece of ground whereon the south end of a Messuage in Tinkers End formerly stood, and which were formerly in the occupation of Samuel Miller, and all that part of the yard which was formerly staked out and laid to the said south end, to which he was admitted at a court on 28 and 29 Oct 1765. And a cottage in Tinkers End now or late in the occupation of Thomas Budd, to which Robert was admitted at a court on 28 and 29 Oct 1785. And a messuage or cottage in Tinkers End formerly in the occupation of William Jarvis, to which Robert was admitted at a special court on 10 May 1774. He died since the last court. By his will dated 21 Jan 1786 he devised all his copyhold messuages and tenements to his loving wife Mary. Mary Eden desires to be admitted Tenant. Rent [blank], fine [blank]

1807: Manor Court, 26 Oct
Mary Eden of Whitchurch widow on 22 July last surrendered by Lancelot Wyatt gent. Deputy Steward a piece of ground [as described in 1789] now in the occupation of John Warner and part of the Yard [as above] and a Cottage in Tinkers end now or late in the occupation of Thomas Budd and a Messuage or Cottage in Tinkers End formerly in the occupation of William Jarvis and now of Thomas Kingston, to which she was admitted at a Court on 28-29 Oct 1789. To the use of Samuel Yeates of Winslow Lacebuyer who desires to be admitted Tenant. Rent 6d, fine 10s.

1835: Manor Court, 26 Oct
Samuel Yeates of Winslow Gentleman in consideration of £24 to him paid by Joshua Lewin French of Winslow Grocer surrendered All that piece of Ground in Tinkers End now in the occupation of the said Joshua Lewin French, containing in length on the West side 65 feet or thereabouts on the South side 18 feet or thereabouts on the east side 73 feet or thereabouts and on the North side 34 feet or thereabouts on part whereof a Cottage or Tenement heretofore in the occupation of William Jarvis Thomas Kingston and Stephen Cook respectively lately stood but since pulled down by the said Joshua Lewin French to which Samuel Yeates was admitted at a court on 28 Oct 1807 on the surrender of Mary Eden Widow. To the use of Joshua Lewin French who desires to be admitted tenant. Rent 2d, fine 5s.

1842: Manor Court, 1 Oct (Centre for Bucks Studies D/X/872/4)
Samuel Yeates late of Winslow Gentleman deceased … whilst he lived held All that Cottage or Tenement in Tinkers End … late in the tenure or occupation of Thomas Budd and now of William Keys and George Reading with the piece of garden ground and yard thereto adjoining and occupied therewith (To which said premises with others the said Samuel Yeates was admitted … on 26 Oct 1807 on the Surrender of Mary Eden) under the yearly quit Rent of 4d ... lately died so seised thereof and intestate leaving Bridget Yeates of Winslow aforesaid his Sister and customary Heir him surviving  ...

1843: Manor Court, 31 Oct
Joshua Lewin French of Winslow Grocer and Martha his wife in consideration of £4 paid by Thomas Lomath of Winslow Cordwainer surrendered a piece of Ground in Tinkers End late in the occupation of Joshua Lewin French and now of Thomas Lomath [as described in 1835] to which he was admitted at a court on 26 Oct 1835 on the surrender of Samuel Yeates. To the use of Thomas Lomath who desires to be admitted Tenant. Rent 2d, fine 5s.

1844: Conditional surrender (Centre for Bucks Studies D/X/872/5)
17 Jan 1844. Thomas Lomath of Winslow Cordwainer a Customary Tenant and Mary his wife ... In consideration of £180 paid lent and advanced by Bridget Yeates of Winslow Spinster did out of Court immediately after his admission to the Hereditaments lastly hereinafter mentioned surrender ... And also all that piece or parcel of Ground situate and being in Tinkers End [as described in 1835] With the two Cottages or Tenements one occupied by John Luckett and the other unoccupied and the Stable occupied by James Tuckey lately erected and built by the said Thomas Lomath on the said piece or parcel of Ground (To which … he was admitted … on 30 Oct 1843 on the surrender of the said Joshua Lewin French and Martha his Wife)
And also all that Cottage or Tenement in Tinkers End … late in the tenure or occupation of Thomas Budd since of William Keys and George Reading and now of William Burgess and the said George Reading with the piece of garden ground and yard thereto adjoining and occupied therewith (To which … he was this day admitted … on the Surrender of the said Bridget Yeates) [see 1842]
To the use and behoof of the said Bridget Yeates on condition that if Thomas Lomath pays her £180 with interest at 5% on 17 July next (in addition to £80 now remaining due by virtue of a Conditional Surrender of 14 Feb 1840 and interest which hath been paid) this surrender to be void

1846: Bucks Gazette, 17 October
ROBBERY. – On Friday, the 9th inst., Thomas Cox, of North Marston, was brought before P. Dauncey, Esq., charged with stealing on the previous evening, a writing desk, the property of Mr. Joseph Bowden, landlord of the Boot Public House, in this town.  It appeared that Mr. Bowden’s house, upon the night in question, it being the first statute fair, was the scene of a dancing party, with their fiddler, who were keeping holyday in honour of the good Saint Michael, when, whether by design or accident is not quite certain, an interruption occurred to their festive enjoyments by the lights becoming suddenly extinguished, and the assembly room immured in darkness.   At this particular juncture, Cox, who was one of the party, availed himself of the confusion which ensued, by decamping with a writing desk.  In a very short time Mr. Bowden discovered the loss he had sustained, and allowing not a moment’s unnecessary delay to favour the escape of the fugitive, apprised Mr. Ossett, (who by the bye is no bungler in his profession,) police constable, of the circumstance.   Ossett, after a little casting about, found that Cox had gone in the direction of his place of residence, North Marston, he therefore proceeded in company with Bowden to chase the delinquent.  On arriving at his domicile, it was agreed that Bowden should by himself alone peremptorily demand the restoration of the desk.  Cox had retired to rest, and from his chamber window at first prevaricated with Bowden, but the latter, like the inexorable Shylock for his pound of flesh, would receive no denial, and finally obtained the article.  Ossett, who during this altercation had remained in ambuscade, now advanced in order to secure Cox as his fair game, and conducted the plunderer of the paraphernalia of literature to the cage, in this  town, from which on the following morning, after an examination as stated above, he was committed to Aylesbury gaol to take his [blank] at the ensuing session.

1850: Bucks Advertiser & Aylesbury News, 19 Jan
Licence of the Boot transferred by indorsement from Joseph Bowden to Mr Betts.

1850: Bucks Advertiser & Aylesbury News, 3 Aug
Licence of the Boot transferred by indorsement to Mr S. Rowe.

Despite its respectable owner, The Boot acquired a bad reputation:

1854: Banbury Guardian, 31 Aug
Winslow Petty Sessions, 25 Aug.
On the application of Samuel Rowe, of the Boot, at Winslow, for the renewal licence. Superintendent Thomas, of Waddon [sic], opposed it on the ground that the house was a "Padding Ken," and that on his being in pursuit of John Gilpin for horse stealing, and of a person for stealing boots, Mrs. Rowe had not given him true information. Mr. Thomas appealed to Police Officer Ossett as to the character of the house. Ossitt [sic] said he looked on it as "Padding Ken." It was explained that a "Padding Ken" is a receptacle for rogues and vagabonds. The magistrates suspended the licence.

1857: Oxford Chronicle, 4 July
Winslow Petty Sessions, 25 June.
Samuel Rowe was summoned by Hannah, wife of John Stavis, for assaulting her at Winslow on 20th June last. Rowe is the landlord of the Boot public house in this town, and the assault complained of took place on the pitching in the front of his premises by pushing the complainant from the same, for having made too free with the characters of his niece and servant, which, though a peaceable man, made his "dander rise." Dismissed, with a caution to both parties.

1858: death of Thomas Lomath, 13 Oct (will proved 21 Nov 1859; property left in trust for his daughter)

1869: sale notice, 8 Nov
THE BOOT PUBLIC HOUSE, and THREE COTTAGES, adjoining ... under the will of Mr. Thomas Lomath, deceased

1869: Manor Court, 25 Oct (Centre for Bucks Studies D/X/872/7)
The Homage present that George Wood now or late of the City of New York in the United States of America Commercial Clerk eldest Son and customary Heir of Daniel Wood late of Kensal Green Middx Gentleman late a Customary or Copyhold Tenant of this Manor Upon the trusts of the Will of Thomas Lomath late of Winslow Cordwainer deceased by Thomas Price Willis of Winslow Gentleman his Attorney by virtue of a Power of Attorney under the hand and seal of George Wood bearing date 13 Sep 1869 and Thomas William Dickins of Horsley Street Walworth Surrey Beerhousekeeper only son and customary heir of Mary Ann Wood deceased Widow and relict of the said Daniel Wood formerly Mary Ann Lomath Spinster afterwards the Wife and subsequently the Widow of Giles Dickins which said Mary Ann Wood was the only child and customary heir of the said Thomas Lomath deceased  Did out of court on 19 Oct 1869 surrender by David Thomas Willis Deputy Steward ... [all the property described in 1844] now in the occupation of Samuel Rowe ... To which said hereditaments and premises with others the said Daniel Wood was admitted Tenant at a General Court Baron  … on 29 October 1860  To the use and behoof of William Matthews of Winslow aforesaid Builder and William Henry Lomath of Winslow aforesaid Bootmaker … for and upon the several uses trusts intents and purposes in and by the said Will of the said Thomas Lomath deceased expressed and declared …

Thomas Lomath's trustees sold The Boot to Hopcraft's Brewery in 1870:

1870: absolute surrender, 2 Feb (Centre for Bucks Studies D/X/872/8)
William Matthews of Winslow Builder and William Henry Lomath of Winslow Bootmaker in consideration of £125 paid by Alfred Hopcraft of Brackley Common Brewer, with the sum of £100 hereinafter mentioned make together the purchase money of £225 surrendered out of court by David Thomas Willis Gent Deputy Steward: [all the property described in 1844] ... now [in the occupation] of Arthur Henry Jeffs ... To which [they] were admitted Tenants at a General Court Baron on 25 Oct 1869 upon the trusts mentioned in the Will of the said Thomas Lomath deceased  To the use and behoof of the said Alfred Henry Hopcraft … but subject to a Conditional Surrender of the same hereditaments and premises bearing date 23 March 1838 from the said Thomas Lomath and Mary his wife to John Hobbs of Great Horwood Shepherd for securing £100 and interest … all interest due … having been paid to the day of the date hereof

The Boot, presumably after the repairs in the photo above; it was run by the Langley family at the time of this photo

1873: Bucks Herald, 2 Jan
  JOHN HOPCRAFT AND OTHERS V. ARTHUR HENRY JEFFS, Winslow.- This was a claim for possession of a public-house at Winslow, from which the plaintiff had absconded.- Defendant’s father appeared, and his Honour, having heard the explanation given on behalf of the defendant, by his father, ordered immediate possession to be given.

1882: Buckingham Advertiser, 2 Dec
Licence transferred to Thomas King

1891: Buckingham Advertiser, 27 June
Mrs. King, landlady of the Boot Inn, Winslow, having become dangerously insane, was on Monday removed to Stone Asylum.

1894: Buckingham Advertiser, 15 Dec
  A “MODEL” LODGING HOUSE.- Mr. Wise reported that the Boot Inn, at Winslow, was a common lodging house, and yet it was not registered.  He had nothing whatever to say against the landlord, but the house ought to be duly registered, and improved so as to conform to the Bye-laws.  At one end of the house, the single bed lodgers were accommodated; and at the other end there was a room with four beds, in which couples slept.  There was no screen partition or curtain between the bedsteads, each bed being open to the occupants of the other beds.  These four beds were often all occupied by couples, and in order to make the room conform to the Bye-laws, they should have partitions between each bed.- The members fully endorsed this, and it was decided that the usual notice should be sent to the owners, Messrs. Hopcraft and Norris, at Brackley.

1896: Buckingham Advertiser, 13 June
Winslow Petty Sessions, 10 June.
Henry Avis, labourer on the Metropolitan extension, was charged with on the 9th of June maliciously damaging certain property belonging to Thomas King, landlord of the Boot Inn, Winslow; also at the same time and place committing an aggravated assault on the said Thomas King. -- Complainant, who is an old man and blind with one eye, appeared with his face fearfully knocked about ... He had some rough characters to deal with, but had never been treated like this before. Defendant had lodged with him for a fortnight. -- Defendant pleaded guilty ... committed to gaol for one month for the assault, and 14 days for the damage.

1896: Buckingham Advertiser, 15 Aug
Deaths. August 7, at the Boot Inn, Winslow, Thomas King, aged 66 years.

1915: Assessment (TNA, IR58/2347 no.172)
Situation              Tinkers End
Description         The ‘Boot’ Inn
Gross Value: Buildings   £14
Rateable Value: Buildings             £11 – 5
Occupier                              Fred(eric)k James Crisp
Owner                                 Hopcroft & Norris Ltd Brackley
Interest of owner             Freehold
Occupier’s tenancy, Term             Quarterly             From     Jan 27th 1909      
Actual Rent                         £5 - 0 - 0
Who pays (a) Rates and Taxes (b) Insurance     Who is liable for repairs                                                                
Owner except Tenant pays Rates only
Site Value deductions Claimed   Yes
[red]Copy to Fleck 31.3.1915
[stamp] 31 MAR 1915
Includes 420
Particulars, description and note made on inspection     
‘The Boot Inn’   Brick & Tile/Brick & Thatch
Sitting, taproom, living, kitchen, cellar & larder
8 bedrooms (just boxes)
2 store rooms in old cottage
Back kitchen                                                                                                               
13 poles                                                                                    
Valuation – Market Value of Fee Simple in possession of whole property in its present condition
L29402                    £400
Deduct Market Value of Site under similar circumstances, but if divested of structures, timber, fruit trees, and other things growing on the land
                                  £   13
Difference Balance, being portion of market value attributable to structures, timber &c.               £387

The Boot was substantially rebuilt in 1927, taking on the appearance shown on the beermat below:

1927: Buckingham Advertiser, 12 March
Winslow Licensing Sessions.
On behalf of Messrs. Hopcraft and Norris, Brackley, Mr E.J. Riley submitted plans of the proposed alterations to the Boot Inn, Tinkers' End, Winslow which was now registered as a common lodging house and it was decided to do away with this. The proposed alterations to the premises included the demolition of the thatched cottage and a portion of the back premises, also the trap house and bottom building at the north end. This would enable the tile cottage, which was in a very dilapidated condition and the kitchen and passage, also the second lodgers' bedroom to be rebuilt on the old foundations. The building would undergo a thorough renovation. The proposed alterations allowed for three bedrooms and the site of the old thatched cottage would add to the yard space. Supt. Callaway said he had inspected the premises and there was no doubt an undesirable state of affairs existed. Two men and two women were sleeping in the same room, with just a curtain as a partition and in another room one man and one woman slept. The rooms were in a very dilapidated state.
   After explaining the proposed alterations, he said he believed some of the lodgers worked in the town and there was no case of real hardship as they could find lodgings elsewhere.
   The magistrates approved of the alterations on the understanding that the work was done in three months and the licence was renewed on these conditions.

It was renamed The Devil in the Boot in the 1960s after its unique pub sign (showing a green devil peering out of a boot, in the legend of Sir John Schorne of North Marston - unfortunately we haven't been able to find a better picture). It closed in 1997.

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Short Lane

Short Lane leads from Granborough Road to the land generally known as Hollow Furrow, and then to The Walk. It may represent an early route from the centre of Winslow to Granborough. The first official use of the name seems to be in the 1901 Census; previously it was referred to as Tinkers End Lane. The field between Short Lane and The Walk was called Bates Piece from 1850, and presumably took its name from William Bates, tanner, who was living in Short Lane in 1841. The two messuages mentioned in 1769 (alread subdivisions of one messuage) with adjacent land had become 8 dwellings by 1871. In 1946 "Messrs H. and A. Turney" were given permission to build a house on the site (now 7 Granborough Road), by which time all the earlier ones were demolished.

1766: Enclosure award
Refers to "a certain ancient enclosure belonging to the said Thomas Blake in the occupation of Richard Norwood" (a tanner) which was probably the future brickyard, and "a certain garden adjoining to the dwelling house of Judith Hatton", which seems to have been to the south of it, on the east side of Granborough Road.

1769, 7 Jan: Will of Benedict Holland of Hardwick, gentleman (National Archives PROB 11/1396/42), proved 5 July 1803
Bequeaths to his son Benedict Holland: all those my two Messuages Cottages or Tenements with the closes and appurtenances to the same belonging situate and being in Winslow aforesaid in the said County of Bucks now in the several possessions of [blank] Jennings and John Savin

1781 Land Tax
Benedict Holland owner; J. Saving & Rd Goddard occupiers; 3s

1786 Land Tax
Benedict Holland owner; Geo. Orchard & Jno Grubb occupiers; 3s 3d

1795 Land Tax
Benedict Holland owner; Orchard & Grub occupiers; 3s 6d

1803: Manor Court, 13 June
Benedict Holland heretofore of Hardwick but late of the Elm in the parish of Grandborough while he lived held two copyhold messuages in Winslow heretofore in the occupation of Joseph Tims and Indis Hatton, now of George Orchard and John Grubb, formerly but one messuage ... to part [of his whole estate] he was admitted at a court on 25-26 Oct 1768, to the other parts on 27 May 1791. He died since the last court having made his will dated 7 Jan 1769 devising all the property to George Holland his eldest son who desires to be admitted tenant.

1804: Manor Court, 29 & 31 Oct
George Holland of Hardwick Gentleman and Mary his wife out of court on 12 April last surrendered by Lancelot Wyatt deputy steward those two Copyhold Messuages situate in Tinkers End Lane [as described in 1803]. To the use of John Cox of Winslow Plumber and Glazier. Rent 5d, fine 10s.

1805 Land Tax
John Cox owner; Orchard & Parker occupiers; 3s 6d

1830: Will of John Cox, plumber and glazier (proved 1842)
... To my second cousin Thomas Cox of Fenny Stratford, Laborer: my 4 copyhold cottages or tenaments with adjoining orchard or piece of ground in Tinkers End in Winslow , in the several occupations of Philip Walker, Daniel Holt, Thomas Budd, Widow Phillips and Thomas Stuchbery, which I purchased of George Holland ...

1836: Land Tax
John Cox owner; Widow Budd, D. Holt & c. occupiers; tenements; 3s 6d

1842: Manor Court, 31 Oct
John Cox late of Winslow Plumber and Glazier deceased held two copyhold messuages in Tinkers End Lane in Winslow late in the occupation of John Grubb and George Walker, since of Philip Walker, Daniel Holt and Thomas Stuchbery, now of William Bates the elder and Daniel Holt, with two cottages some time since erected by John Cox on part of the ground adjoining, late in the occupation of Thomas Budd and Widow Phillip, now of William Bates the younger and George Walker, to which messuages he was admitted at a court on 29 & 31 Oct on the surrender of George Holland. Thomas Cox sought admission under his will. Rent 5d, fine 10s.
Thomas Cox was living in Short Lane from 1851; he died in 1876 aged 74

1876: Valuation by George Wigley of household furniture and effects late the property of Mr Thomas Cox, 1 Feb (Centre for Bucks Studies D/WIG/2/1/1)
Lists 2 bedrooms (with at least 6 beds), front room, small room, side room, wood barn. Total value: £5 16s.
Will proved 13 Oct; described as yeoman; effects under £200; executors Wiliam and Edwin Gibbs of Winslow, bricklayer.

There was a brickyard in Short Lane from at least the 1860s. The land was later sold to Winslow R.D.C., who used some of it as a tip.

1869-1877: Post Office Directory
Clarke, John, brick & tile maker, Tinker's End

1878: Buckingham Advertiser, 19 Jan
THE BRICK YARD, GRANBOROUGH ROAD, WINSLOW
Clearance Sale of the Valuable Stock of 20,000 capital building bricks ... 20,000 plain tiles ... by direction of Mr. John Clarke ...

1878: Articles of agreement, 18 July (Centre for Bucks Studies D/WIG/2/7/1891/17)
James King of Winslow, surveyor, lets the brickyard and premises in Tinkers End (for many years and now occupied by John Clarke) to Robert Clarke of Winslow, brickmaker, from 29 Sep 1878 at a yearly rent of £18 10s, with an additional 1s 6d payable for "every thousand of materials made in one year above 200,000". Excluded from the agreement is "a space about 50 feet wide along the east side of the Premises adjoining the property of Mr Dudley".

1883-1891: Kelly's Directory
Clarke, Robert, brick & tile maker, Tinker's End

On this plan from 1883, the brickyard is the land belonging to Mr James King. The buildings are probably not shown very accurately.

1883: memorandum added to 1878 agreement, 15 Oct
From 29 Sep 1883 William Miller became joint tenant with John Clarke.

1891: note from James King dated 19 March demanding the tenants deliver up possession by 29 Sep.
In 1890 King paid Willmore & Bailey £5 on Clarke and Miller's behalf for coal "to burn a kiln of bricks".
Some of the goods were impounded by a bailiff on 18 Sep for £24 14s arrears of rent.
On 19 Sep Clarke and Miller empowered G.D.E. Wigley to sell their stock in trade: 37,000 bricks, 8,800 pipes, 800 coping bricks, 100 roof tiles. The sale on 30 Sep raised £84 10s 6d, and stock was sold separately for £23 3s 6d.

1903: Death of William Heley Gibbs aged 84

1914: Assessment (TNA, IR58/2349)
No.395
Situation                                  Tinkers End     
Description                               House
Gross Value      Buildings £3 - 5             Rateable Value £2 – 7 - 6
Occupier                                   Thos Turney
Owner                                      Mrs William Gibbs Winslow
Interest of Owner                     Copyhold of Winslow Manor
Occupier’s tenancy,  Term        Weekly
Actual (or Estimated) Rent             £6 - 10
Who pays (a) Rates and Taxes (b) Insurance         }
Who is liable for repairs                                              }              Owner        
Former Sales  Dates                         No Sale
[stamp] SEP 30 1914
Particulars, description and note made on inspection    
Brick & Slate cottage
1 up & 1 down
13 poles
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting Market Value of Fee Simple
[green] 11/3/19 V26575 E. Gibbs decd     395 to 397 & 401
Valuation – Market Value of Fee Simple in possession of whole property in its present condition   £30
Deduct Market Value of Site under similar circumstances, but if divested of structures, timber, fruit trees, and other things growing on the land       
£13
Difference Balance, being portion of market value attributable to structures, timber &c.           £17

396: same details except: occupier: Ernest Dillion; rent £3 18s
397: same details except: occupier: Wm Turney; rent £3 5s

No.398
Situation                                  Tinkers End     
Description                               House
Gross Value      Buildings £3      Rateable Value £2 – 8     
Owner                                      Mrs William Gibbs Winslow
Interest of Owner                     Copyhold of Winslow Manor
Superior interest                       House pulled down
Valuation – Market Value of Fee Simple in possession of whole property in its present condition    With 401

No.399
Situation                                  Tinkers End     
Description                               House
Gross Value      Buildings £3      Rateable Value £2 – 6
Occupier                                   Mrs Jennings
Owner                                      Mrs William Gibbs Buckingham Rd Winslow
Interest of Owner                     Copyhold
Occupier’s tenancy,  Term        Weekly
Actual (or Estimated) Rent             £2 – 12
Who pays (a) Rates and Taxes (b) Insurance         }
Who is liable for repairs                                         }              Owner        
Former Sales  Dates                         No Sale
Valuation – Market Value of Fee Simple in possession of whole property in its present condition       With 401

No.400
Situation                                  Tinkers End     
Description                               House
Gross Value      Buildings £5      Rateable Value £4
Occupier                                   Mrs Ann Stairs
Owner                                      Mrs William Gibbs Winslow
Interest of Owner                     Copyhold of Winslow Manor
Occupier’s tenancy,  Term        Weekly
Actual (or Estimated) Rent             £2 – 16 - 4
Who pays (a) Rates and Taxes (b) Insurance         }
Who is liable for repairs                                         }              Owner        
Former Sales  Dates                         No Sale
Valuation – Market Value of Fee Simple in possession of whole property in its present condition       With 401

No.401
Situation                                  Tinkers End   
Description                               House
Gross Value: Buildings    £3           Rateable Value: Buildings             £2 - 5
Occupier                                   Ernest Dillion
Owner                                      Mrs William Gibbs Buckingham Rd Winslow
Interest of Owner                     Copyhold of Manor of Winslow
Actual (or Estimated) Rent       £2 – 12 - 0
Outgoings -  Land Tax, £                      paid by }
Tithe £                          paid by }          O
Who pays (a) Rates and Taxes (b) Insurance         }
Who is liable for repairs                                         }              Owner      
[stamp] SEP 30 1914
Includes 399 & 400
Particulars, description and note made on inspection
Brick & Thatch cottage
2 up & 3 down
Large garden                E[arth] c[loset]                   13 poles
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting Market Value of Fee Simple
[green] 11/3/19  V26575 E. Gibbs decd  See 395
Valuation – Market Value of Fee Simple in possession of whole property in its present condition          £33
Deduct Market Value of Site under similar circumstances, but if divested of structures, timber, fruit trees, and other things growing on the land                                                                    £13
Difference Balance, being portion of market value attributable to structures, timber &c.            £20
Market Value of Fee Simple in its present condition (as before)                                                     £33
GROSS VALUE                                                                                                                              £33

1919: Death of Eliza Gibbs aged 96; she had inherited the property from her uncle Thomas Cox (see above). She did not leave a will and she was predeceased by her son Edwin Gibbs (d.1916).

1924: Buckingham Advertiser, 15 March
Messrs Wigley, Son & Gambell are instructed to sell by auction ...
An ENCLOSURE of LAND and Garden Ground at Tinker's End, about 1a. 0r. 26p, with a pavilion and tool shed thereon. Vacant Possession.

1924: indenture, 31 March
Vendor: Lucy Midgley of Winslow, widow. Purchaser: The Rural District Council of Winslow.
All that small enclosure of land formerly a brickyard and then partly laid down to grass and partly garden ground site ... known as The Brickyard containing 1a. and 26 p. more or less as the same was bounded on the North by the occupun. road or lane leading into the road from Winslow to Grandborough at Tinker's End formerly in the occupon. of Thomas Bull and recently of George Arthur Midgley dec'd.

1931: Buckingham Advertiser, 21 Feb
The County Council accepted the tenancy of the land at Shorts Lane, Winslow, as a building materials depot.

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Prince Albert Row

1840: Bucks Gazette, 12 Dec
WINSLOW. The western entrance of this town has been greatly improved, during the past summer, by the erection of a neat line of cottages, in front of which, in a circular niche, is placed a handsome bronze statue of Prince Albert, surmounted by the words "Albert place;" thus is the old cognomen of "Tinker's End" abolished, and the neighbourhood invested with royal dignity.

These were probably the best houses in Tinkers End, but the census returns suggest that they were sometimes subdivided. The plan below is from 1921, when they were bought by Miss Helen Monk.

1921: Buckingham Advertiser, 26 Nov
Messrs Wigley, Sons & Gambell Have been instructed to Sell by Auction in 3 Lots, on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28th, 1921, At the Bell Hotel, Winslow, at 4 o'clock precisely, A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ENCLOSURE of Rich ACCOMMODATION GRASS LAND, known as "Peasey Close," together extending to an area of about 6a. 1r. 9p., situated on the outskirts of the Town with frontages to the Claydon Road & Western Lane and comprising some good old Pasture. VACANT POSSESSION of Peasey Close can be obtained on completion of the purchase.
A range of 4 Brick and Slated FREEHOLD COTTAGES, with Gardens and Outbuildings, known as "Prince Albert's Row."
2 Brick Panelled and Thatched COTTAGES, with Gardens.
The site of the MISSION HALL and 2 strips of GARDEN GROUND.
[Later advertised as for sale by private treaty; Vendor: D. Wood, Purchaser: Miss H. Monk; she already owned a half share under her father's will]

The two brick panelled cottages must be the thatched building in the photo below, probably the messuage of Robert Eden; see further below. Lot 3 at Bridget Yeates' sale in 1846 was Peasey Close containing containing 2A. 0R. 38P

1926: Buckingham Advertiser, 13 March
Emily Rosa Neal, Bell Hotel, Winslow, applied for an order for possession of a cottage occupied by Oliver Geo. Averay, of Tinker's End, Winslow. She said she made the application on behalf of her sister, for whom she was agent and collected the rent. The arrears amounted to £7 10s ...

1927: Buckingham Advertiser, 18 June
Helen Celine Monk, of Winslow, applied for an order against Oliver Geo. Avery, for possession of a house and garden belonging to her at Tinker's End, Winslow. Applicant said she wanted possession of the house as the rent was in arrear and also because she would like to sell it ... She had been away for several years, and her sister had been taking the rent and had got into a muddle. The rent was 2s. a week ...

1928: Buckingham Advertiser, 29 Dec
Miss Helen C. Monk, of Winslow, made application for an ejectment order against one of her tenants, William Dormer, of Tinkers End, Winslow, upon the ground that he had fallen in arrear of rent to the extent of £2 16s., the weekly rent being 2s. Application granted, with possession in 28 days.

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West side of Granborough Road

In this image from the 1920s, a brick cottage visible in the earlier photo at the top of the page has disappeared; the porch of the Mission Hall (built in 1889) can be seen immediately beyond the thatched cottage, and Short Lane is on the right in front of the white building. The thatched cottage is still shown on the 1925 map but was demolished before 1939.

The thatched cottage is probably the subdivided messuage referred to in Robert Eden's will:

1765: Will of Robert Eden of Bottle Claydon, carpenter (proved 1766)
... Also I Give and Bequeath (after the Decease of my said Wife as aforesaid) unto my Daughter Ann the Wife of Job Osborne the East End of my Copyhold Messuage or Tenement Situate Standing and being in Tinkers End in Winslow aforesaid and were late in the Occupation of George Thorpe Deceased Together with the Outhouses Backsides and Appurtenances thereunto belonging ... Also I Give and Bequeath (after the decease of my said wife as aforesaid) unto my Daughter Elizabeth the Wife of Richard Scott All that my Messuage or Tenement Situate in Tinkers End in Winslow aforesaid and now or late in the Occupation of John Saving Together with the lower part of the Garden and Yard Adjoyning And all Appurtenances thereto belonging [see above] ... I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Margaret the Wife of William Earl (after the decease of my said Wife as aforesaid) The West End of my Copyhold Messuage or Tenement Situate Standing and being in Tinkers End in Winslow aforesaid and now in the Occupation of Frances Evans ...

1766: Enclosure Award
Mentions "a certain cottage and garden in Winslow aforesaid belonging to Ann Eden widow" on the west side of Granborough Road, which was called Locketts Lane at that point.

1785: Manor court, 28-29 Oct
After the decease of Ann Eden and Ann Osborne, William Osborne of Banbury her eldest son and heir desires to be admitted to the east end of the messuage (heretofore in the occupation of George Thorpe and Francis Evans). 
Robert Eden bequeathed the west end after the decease of his wife to his daughter Margaret wife of William Earl. Margaret, now wife of Christopher Samuel of Layton Buzzard shepherd, desires to be admitted.

1811: Manor court, 28 Oct
Margaret wife of Christopher Samuel of Leighton Buzzard shepherd deceased held the west end of a messuage in Tinker’s End heretofore in the occupation of Francis [sic] Evans and now of John Pennell.  She was admitted tenant as wife of William Yirrell by mistake called William Earl at the court on 28-29 Oct 1785 as devisee of her father Robert Eden.  She lately died intestate.  To this court comes William Yirrell of Leighton Buzzard Victualler eldest son and heir of Margaret and desires to be admitted.  Rent 2d fine 5s.  In consideration of £15 he then surrendered to John Godfrey of Winslow Cooper. This was given to the parish by John Godfrey in 1819 and another cottage built on the garden; see Parish cottages 1835.

1825: Manor court
At the court in 1821 it was found that William Osborne late of Banbury ironmonger held (according to the court roll of 1785) a messuage in Tinkers End theretofore in the occupation of George Thoyse [sic] & Francis Evans, since of John Walker.  No heir came forward.  Now Thomas Rawbone sr bailiff of this manor informs the court that he entered upon the forfeited messuage on 1 Nov last.

1828: Manor court
Admission of William Osborne of Banbury, whitesmith, as only son and heir.
[pencil note] No copy delivered of this admissionn – it being doubted whether he was the heir

1842: Manor court, 31 Oct
Surrender: William Osborne of Banbury whitesmith, a customary tenant & Mary his wife in consideration of £25
Admission: Thomas Lomath of Winslow cordwainer
East end of a messuage in Tinkers End formerly in the occupation of George Thorpe & Frances Evans, which said east end thereof was for many years in the occupation of John Walker, now Richard Wilmer.  Rent 2d, fine 5s.

Thomas Lomath mortgaged this along with The Boot to Bridget Yeates in 1844:

1844: Conditional surrender (Centre for Bucks Studies D/X/872/5)
... And also All that the east end of a certain copyhold Messuage or Tenement situate standing and being in Tinkers End … formerly in the tenure or occupation of George Thorpe and Frances Evans and which said east end thereof was for many years in the occupation of John Walker and is now in the occupation of Richard Wilmer (To which … [Lomath] was admitted Tenant … on 31 Oct 1842 on the Surrender of William Osborne and Mary his Wife) ...

Lomath's son-in-law Daniel Wood was admitted as trustee in 1860 and sold some of the property in 1861:

1861: Manor court, 24 Jan
Surrender: Daniel Wood of 3 Church Street, Kensall Green, Middlesex, gentleman (trustee of the will of Thomas Lomath) & Mary Ann his wife
Admission: Henry Monk of Winslow, farmer
Consideration: £140

• Messuage some time since in the occupation of Jasper Duckett, late of George Alderman and now of Philip Walker, and the yard and garden adjoining
• Two messuages and other buildings erected by Thomas Lomath upon part of the yard and garden, late in the occupation of John Massey and Thomas Scott and now of David Walker and Thomas Seaton
• East end of a messuage which was for many years in the occupation of John Walker, late of Richard Wilmer and now of John George Holt. Rent 2d, fine 5s.
  

The house mentioned below was freehold so doesn't occur in the manor court records:

1847: Will of William Jackman, tailor
... I give and bequeath unto George Dodson now living at Whaddon in the county of Bucks and who lately resided with me being the son of Thomas Dodson late of Winslow aforesaid Laborer and Martha his wife all that my freehold cottage or tenement in Tinkers End in Winslow aforesaid ...

1850: Bucks Herald, 8 June [the land was Peasey Close; see above]
Valuable Freehold Pasture Land, and Two Cottages, Winslow, Bucks. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY DUDLEY & SON,
On WEDNESDAY JUNE 19th, 1850, at the BELL INN, WINSLOW, at Two o’Clock in the Afternoon, in ONE LOT;
TWO CLOSES OF VALUABLE OLD PASTURE LAND, containing 2 Acres and 39 Poles, with a small convenient Farm Yard and Buildings, and TWO COTTAGES adjoining in good repair, in the occupation of Mr. James Hazzard, and his under tenants, at the yearly rent of £19 5s., in the Parish of Winslow, adjoining Claydon Lane.
The Property is Freehold and Tithe-free, and the only outgoing is a small Land-tax of 4s.
The Land is of first-rate quality, and in excellent cultivation, with good fence well-stored with thriving Timber, and a plentiful supply of water, and the situation will always command a tenant at its full value as accommodation land.
For a View apply to Mr. James Hazzard, and for further Particulars to Messrs. Gem and Docker, Solicitors, Birmingham;  D. T. Willis, Esq., Solicitor, or Messrs Dudley and Son, Auctioneers and Land Agents, Winslow.

1889: Buckingham Advertiser, 23 April
A small iron mission room has been erected in Tinker's End, at the expense, we understand, of Mr. H.J. Chinnery, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Oxford immediately after the confirmation service on April 3rd.

1890: Bucks Herald, 8 Nov
TINKER'S END HARVEST FESTIVAL. By special request of the inhabitants of this part of the parish, a special service of thanksgiving for the harvest was held on Tuesday, Oct. 21st. The little Mission Hall, in which there has been going on ever since its erection quiet, earnest, devoted work, principally conducted by two laymen, was most tastefully decorated. Most willingly did the organist and choir of the Parish Church render their services, and by means of their help was held quite the brightest and heartiest service which has taken place in that locality. The choir in their surplices went in procession from one of the cottages to the Mission Room, which was more than filled, a large number being compelled to remain outside during the whole service. The sermon was preached by the Vicar, and the service was concluded by the singing of the Te Deum.

The report below may refer to the brick building in the photo at the top of the page. It shows how bad some of the housing had become and who it belonged to (Mr Monk was the occupier of Tuckey Farm):

1891: Buckingham Advertiser, 12 Sep
The Medical Officer of Health reported that two houses in Tinker's End, Winslow, and occupied by Mrs. Holt and Mrs. Warner, were in a most filthy condition, whilst one woman had six children and the other seven. -- Mr. Hathaway, Inspector of Nuisances, said the houses were in a bad state of repair. The ceilings were black and the floorings were bad ... Mr. Hathaway did not consider that in their present condition they were fit for human habitation, but this could be remedied. There were too many persons living in them. In Mrs. Holt's house there were two rooms downstairs and one upstairs, and the children slept upstairs and the woman downstairs. Warner's cottage was not quite so bad, it having two rooms upstairs and two downstairs. -- Mr. Vaisey said he did not think the houses were bad enough to be pulled down ... The cottages it appeared belonged to the Chairman (Mr. Monk), and he now intimated that he intended to have them pulled down, and he requested the Inspector to give the occupants notice to this effect.

1891: Buckingham Advertiser, 26 Sep
Winslow Board of Guardians. TINKER'S END COTTAGES. Mr Hathaway, Inspector of Nuisances, attended with his report. He said that he had delivered the usual notices to Holt and Warner to leave the cottages in Tinker's End. Warner had left, and Holt would do so as soon as he could procure another house. The Chairman told Mr Hathaway that he must press the case.

1901: Will of Henry Monk of Winslow, retired farmer, 11 Sep (proved 27 Aug 1903)
I devise unto my Daughters Helen Monk and Clara Humphrey as tenants in common my Cottages and Gardens and the Iron Room in Tinkers End Winslow my Close called "Peasey Close" and my Closes called "Parrotts Closes" in Winslow.

1914: Assessment (TNA IR58/2351 no.505)
Situation                                  Tinkers End     
Description                               House
Gross Value: Buildings    £4           Rateable Value: Buildings             £3
Occupier                                   Jabez Cook
Owner                                      W.G. Humphreys Owlswick Manor Risbor(ough) Bucks \Miss Monk same address/
Interest of Owner                     ½ Share ownership Copyhold of Winslow
Occupier’s tenancy Term           Weekly
Actual Rent         £                   2/- per week
Who pays (a) Rates and Taxes (b) Insurance         }
Who is liable for repairs                                         }              Owner      
[stamp] SEP 30 1914
Includes 506
Particulars, description and note made on inspection
Brick & Thatch Cottage
2 up & 3 down & W.C.
Wood & Corrugated iron           large barn  8 poles
Valuation – Market Value of Fee Simple in possession of whole property in its present condition  £48
Deduct Market Value of Site under similar circumstances, but if divested of structures, timber, fruit trees, and other things growing on the land  £8
Difference Balance, being portion of market value attributable to structures, timber &c.            £40
GROSS VALUE                                                                                                                          £48
Less value attributable to Structures, timber &c. (as before)                                                     £40
FULL SITE VALUE                                                                                                                     £  8
Gross Value (as before)                                                                                                             £48
Less deductions in respect of –
Fixed Charges including –
Fee Farm Rent, rent seek, quit rent, chief rents, rent of Assize  £1
If Copyhold, Estimated Cost of Enfranchisement no date                £4
Restrictions                                                                                                                                £   5
TOTAL VALUE                                                                                                                              £43   
Less value attributable to Structures, timber &c. (as before)           £40
Expense of clearing site                                                                                                             £40
ASSESSABLE SITE VALUE                                                                                                            £  3

no.507
Situation                                  Tinkers End     
Description                               House
Occupier                                   John Saving
Owner                                      W.G. Humphries Owlswick \Miss Monk same address/
Interest of Owner                     ½ owner Copyhold of Manor of Winslow
Occupier’s tenancy Term           Weekly
Actual (or Estimated) Rent         £        2/- weekly
Who pays (a) Rates and Taxes (b) Insurance         }
Who is liable for repairs                                          }              Owner      
[stamp] SEP 30 1914
Particulars, description and note made on inspection
Brick & Thatch Cottage
1 up & 2 down 1 small barn  2 poles
[further details as 505 with gross value of £42]

no.508: same details except
Occupier                                   Eliza [=Elijah] Phillips
Actual (or Estimated) Rent         1/6 per week
Particulars, description and note made on inspection
Brick & Slate Cottage
2 up & 2 down & pantry
Barn 4 poles
Gross value: £80

1915: Buckingham Advertiser, 1 May
Churchwardens' accounts: ground rent, Tinkers End Mission Room, 10s 6d.

This photo from the early 1930s shows Don and Bob Saving in front of the Tinkers End Mission Room. Photo from the collection of the late Norman Saving.

1936: Buckingham Advertiser, 18 April
At the Winslow S. Laurence Parochial Church Council meeting on Easter Tuesday evening, Mr. Norman McCorquodale, Vicar's Churchwarden, offered to provide all the necessary materials for painting the Tinker's End Mission Chapel, Winslow, and appealed for volunteers among the young members of the congregation who would carry out the decoration. Tinker's End approach to Winslow was becoming very important, he said, and it was time that the Mission Church was got into better condition.

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See also Western Lane